Stop saying Chilean like they’re a bad team, those guys are cracked

Probably ending 2021 with the El Classico of Valorant

Valorant
LoL
Overwatch
Hollowknight
Minecraft
Clash Royale

VS haven’t won yet, you never know what could happen

That one’s too distracting

who are you supporting now?

My updated list of teams that can win Champions (not in order):
1) Fnatic
2) Gambit
3) Liquid
4) Acend
5) KRU
6) Vision Strikers
7) Cloud9
8) Envy
9) X10 Crit
10) Vikings
11) Secret

Honorable Mention: TSM

NA still has C9 and NV, wouldn't count them out yet

geography isn't everything, support the teams and players you enjoy watching

EMEA deadass has a higher chance of cheering against themselves than BR cheering for NA

Pretty good analysis, but the only thing I don't see happening is VS banning Ascent immediately

Ascent's looked like their instaban this tournament so far, but it's mostly been because Full Sense and Fnatic are both pretty good on that map, with C9B also choosing to instaban the map in their matches

If I were Vision Strikers, I'd choose to instaban Bind/Fracture in this matchup instead of Ascent

What are we thinking now?

Tierlist Format

Add KR and JP to your rankings, I feel left out

Idk, VS have choked against teams they were supposed to beat in the past (Gambit | Fnatic), so I could see this match taking a bad turn

So are VS supposed to win? Yes.
Will they win? Not sure.

What are the new region rankings after today? Do we genuinely think anything has changed?

As a VS and C9 fan, this is a rough draw

Less typing, more playing

Karma at its finest

KRU 4 THE WIN

Why tf did TenZ w key through the Astra wall after getting revived, while his teammate is attempting to knife the wall

Communication error and a half

You cursed it for yourself

Vikings, Vivo Keyd, and Acend over VS?

Fnatic are really good and I don’t think losing to them should send VS that far down the list

They wouldn’t even get a day in LoL 2 before exports dominate the scene

Dropping the coach that got them to Berlin for a coach that hasn’t achieved anything in this game yet, failing to work with NRG, TSM, and now NV’s roster

Acend are probably the first good example of onliners in Valorant

Edit: nvm, forgot about SMB

That’d be cool tho

but what were the most unsuccessful teams of 2021?

SQ?
FPX?
T1?
GLB?
TSM?

Nozwer isn't a top 5 Sova imo and Lakia hasn't played enought to even be considered for a list. Xeta should be on there instead

As for Sinatraa, probably like 3-4 range (at the very least behind Sacy and Crashies)

They're dumb and the industry is a scam

Both teams have insane map pools

Lakia left :(

Duelist: Asuna
Initiator: Derrek
Controller: dephh
Sentinel: ANDROID / steel / babyJ

I think KR and JP should be merged, but I don't think APAC as a whole would benefit from becoming one region

As well, once China and South Asia become more integrated into the VCT, making APAC one region could become hectic

how did you get a star back?

KR went 3-2 against SEA in the APAC LCQ and VS just beat their 'best' team (13-5, 13-5)

idk where the whole SEA >>> KR thing started, although I don't agree with people saying KR deserves a slot from SEA

DK were in the middle of a roster overhaul and NU were adding a new player as well

Neither team had substantial practice

DK

Are you sure the leagues are connected to the VCT? From what I've read, they are meant to be secondary events to give teams something to play in between the main VCT

You probably know more than I do though

How many slots would you propose East Asia gets than?

JP+KR --> East Asia (2 slots)

Xeta vs BuZz

This'll be a good match

I agree, especially when Sova's like Sacy, crashies, and chronicle are out there
I do think his utility usage is the best in the world though

insanely impactful player with incredible utility usage

underrated af

The three best utility using teams are in the same group, their the one's playing Valorant the way it was intended

FS playing scared af and just allowing C9 to control where they go

The VK situation pushed the VS match back by an entire day :(

it's today

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Terrible take

Stay safe and drink water

SEN vs VKS Quarterfinals
SEN vs FNC Semifinals
SEN vs Liquid Grand Finals

Would be fun to watch three grudge matches in a row, though I don't think it is possible anymore